CESSDA has started a new project funded by the European Commission in the framework of its Horizon2020 programme and the kick-off took place on 21 October 2015 in Bergen, CESSDA SaW “Strengthening and widening the European infrastructure for social science data archives”.

After the successful launch of CESSDA in 2013, the aim is now to achieve full European coverage, to strengthen the network and to ensure sustainability of its data for the widened network.

The primary ambition of this project is to establish the conditions for a seamless social science data archive service for the whole of the European Research Area, capable of supporting the research needs of the next generation of social scientists wherever they may be.

Access the full CESSDA Press Release here.

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